Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Woman Physicist 3
5. The Brooks Family 10
6. Defying Convention: The Mcgill Years 15
7. A Year at Bryn Mawr 25
8. Life With J. J. at The Cavendish 32
9. Back Home to Mcgill 39
10. The Rights of a Woman: Barnard College 44
11. A Summer in the Adirondacks 52
12. European Travels: Capri, Paris, and London 62
13. The Eventful Summer of 1907 72
14. Adapting to Married Life 83
15. Family Life: From Joy to Sorrow 92
16. Why has Brooks Been Overlooked? 103
17. The Radioactive Decay Series 109
18. The Cavendish Song 113
19. Address by Harriet Brooks to the McGill Alumnae Society 116
20. Notes 123
21. Bibliography 155
22. Index 165